Ancient China · Ruler

Zuding 祖丁

Zǔdīng

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zuding was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 to BC 1300 帝祖丁
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 425
BC 1600 to BC 1300 殷
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 122

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zuxin (祖辛)
father 父
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 122; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 425
Parent of Yang Jia (陽甲)
father 父
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 124; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 427

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 3 passages

帝沃甲崩，立沃甲兄祖辛之子祖丁，是為帝祖丁。 Wojia died; Zuxin's son Zuding, Wojia's nephew, became Emperor Zuding.

帝祖丁崩，立弟沃甲之子南庚，是為帝南庚。 Zuding died; Wojia's son Nangeng succeeded as Emperor Nangeng.

帝南庚崩，立帝祖丁之子陽甲，是為帝陽甲。 Nangeng died; Zuding's son Yangjia became Emperor Yangjia.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage

帝祖丁，祖辛子。 Emperor Zuding, son of Zuxin.